Plant Leaf ELMs Undergo Shape Shifting Driven by External Stimuli
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- Plant/polymer composite materials have been fabricated
- These composite materials are stimuli responsive and can undergo shape-shifting behavior in response to temperature or light
- Agriculture is essential to life, yet very few examples of ELMs involving plants have been achieved
- This example supports one thrust of IRG 2: Shape shifting Engineered Living Materials